🎙️ The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 200
Date: January 25, 2026
Block Height: 933,760
Moscow Time: 1,146
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News (1/18/26-1/25/26):
CoinDesk — BTC slips below $88K ahead of Fed week
The Block — spot BTC ETFs worst outflow week since Feb 2025
Reuters — Strategy buys ~$2.13B BTC in eight days
Financial Times — Galaxy to launch ~$100M crypto hedge fund
Reuters — Scaramucci: volatility up, cautiously optimistic on BTC
CoinDesk — major U.S. crypto bill “on the move”
Lowenstein — Senate draft changes, CFTC authority over digital commodities
CoinDesk — hashrate drop / miner capitulation narrative
VanEck — mid-January “ChainCheck,” miners pivot toward AI demand
Hashrate Index — roundup + hashrate moving averages
Protos — Lightning two-party channel liquidity challenges (Pickhardt research)
The Guardian — report on Iran central bank using USDT at scale
Blockworks — Tether pushes back audit timeline
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